राजा राज्यमिति प्रकृतिसंक्षेपः ॥ कZ_०८.२.०१ ॥
rājā rājyamiti prakṛtisaṃkṣepaḥ
संक्षेपेण प्रकृतयः—राजा च राज्यं च।
Governance is treated as a coupled system: leadership (decision) and the realm/apparatus (implementation and resources).